Wimmera Football League Under 17's

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Round 11 is over and this is scottyD’s report.

Over in Nhill, the Tigers met the Warrack Eagles where game full of goals favoured one team. Warrack had no answers as Nhill booted 5 goals into the first quarter with 3 points compared to Warracknabeals single point. The second quarter showed Nhill would win this game with ease as they slotted 3 goals and a couple behinds leaving Warrack still with the same score. Half-time scores were Nhill 8.5 (53) to Warracknabeal 0.1 (1). Nhill entertained the crowd as they added another 4 on the board with one minor and not letting Warrack put the ball through the sticks once. The last quarter could not come any sweeter for Nhill as they kicked 8 goals straight. Jesse Murphy from Warrack provided them with their first major but it didn’t help as Nhill won comfortably. Nhill’s Josh Jarred and Liam Schwarz had their kicking boots on as they kicked 4 goals each with Mitch Borgelt and Ricky Scott happy with 3 each.

Final scores were Nhill 20.6 (126) Warracknabeal 1.1 (7)

Best at Nhill for Nhill was Martin Dufty and Fred Stephen while Warracks Alex Ross and Brendan Hobbs earned their best on ground for the Eagles.

At City Oval, Horsham, the Demons hosted the Diggers at what would be a close game. Demons included Nathan Kelly into their line-up at the last minute and Horsham filled up their empty spots for Under 14 players. First quarter showed the Demons kicking 3.3 and the Diggers with 2.3. Horsham kicked an easy 4 goals with the Diggers 1 leaving the half-time scores at Horsham 7.5 (47) and United 3.3 (21). After a dreadful first half, the Diggers woke up slotting 3 goals 4 allowing the Demons to kick a point in the third. Great play by both teams helped them believe they could win this game as the Diggers were down by 7 coming into the final term. Michael O’Callaghan helped as the Demons kicked 1 more to the board and 2 behinds. The Diggers kicked 1 goal and a point as the game was about over. Two late shots by the Diggers saw the ball go out-on-the-full twice and let Horsham take the win by a single goal. Alistair Byrne kicked a healthy 4 for the Diggers while Jordan Duncan placed 2 goals through nicely for the Demons.

Final scores Horsham 8.8 (56) United 7.8 (50)

Best on ground for the Demons were James Woods and Michael O’Callaghan while United’s Adam Taylor and Jarrod Khan battled hard.

*Also, Nathan Byrne was awarded the Police Medal due to his efforts against Nhill last week.


At Coughlan Park, Horsham, the Saints met the fierce Ararat Rats. A goal to the Saints with the help of Mitchell Creek let the Saints have 1.1 (7) coming into the first break. Ararat had 3.1 (19) at quarter time and at this stage, the game could’ve gone both ways. The Saints however had no response to Ararat’s 2 goals in the second term and at half-time, the scores were Horsham Saints 1.1 (7) to Ararat 5.4 (34). Jake Williamson helped spur the Rats as they succeeded an amazing 6 goals and 4 minors in the third and they held a 68 point at the last break. Horsham Saints kicked a couple along with 5 points but Ararat had answers for everything added another 4 goals straight. Mitch Creek held the Saints only 3 goals while Jake Williamson of Ararat kicked 5 goals taking his goal tally for the season to 11.

Final scores were Saints 3.7 (25) to Ararat 14.8 (92)

Josh Dunn and Jake Williamson earned their clubs best on grounds while the Saint’s had Mitch Creek and Tristan Mason in their best.


In Dimboola today, the Kangaroo’s met the Burra’s at a near bottom of the ladder clash. Dimboola looked strong kicking 5 goals in the first along with another 3 in the second. Minyip-Murtoa were held scoreless at the mid-break and looked to have lost the game already. David Elliot starred as Dimboola kept kicking goals leaving the half-time scores to Dimboola 8.8 (56) to Minyip-Murtoa 0.0 (0). David Elliot did everything as Dimboola kicked 7 goals in the third with M-M still failing to score. At the last 20 minutes, M-M found 2 goals thanks to Daniel Launer and Sean Walsh but Dimboola didn’t let that stop them kicking 5 goals in the end. Dimboola, the second team this week to reach 20 goals, found themselves getting their first win after their recent 5 losses. David Elliot kicked the week’s highest amount of goals (9) which helped steer them towards victory.

Final scores were Dimboola 20.14 (134) to M-Murtoa 2.0 (12)

Matthew Schultz and Darcy Barber got in the best for Dimboola while Shane Gusman and Cormac Rabl did what they could for Minyip-Murtoa.

Stawell had the bye...
 

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the first doc i saw said i will be playin in 3 weeks but then went to my normal one he wanted xrays so im going to him this week to see wats happening but i got 4 weeks off work so it could be 5-6 weeks off
 

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Warrack will meet Horsham in Brim but Horshams team chemistry will be able to knock the Eagles off their feet.
The Diggers host the Saints who have both come off losses. Diggers to get up quite easily.
Ararat will let Dimboola travel 132km to what will be a huge blowout. Although Dimboola came off a great win, it doesn't look like they will get up.
Stawell meet Nhill in Match Of the Round but i think Nhill will get up by 30 points.
M-M with the bye.
 
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horsham to win by 60 points
Diggers to get up against a weaker saints outfit by 35 points
to big of a travel for dimmy ararat to win by 100+ points
good game but maybe nhill to strong with stawells leading goal kicker out haha :thumbsu::D:p no seriously nhill to win by 3 points
MM to pick up their 2nd and last lot of 4 points of the year with a bye
 
Some feedback on the two Horsham based matches on the weekend.
Saints were a good hard side early but fell away and rely too much on Mitch Creek to score for them as their depth is not so good. Take Williamson out of the Rats side and it may have been closer. He is capable of kicking 5 each times he plays at this level. Even still it looms as a danger game for the Diggers next week and they should not get too complacent or Saints may get home in an upset.
Diggers were outclassed by one player, O'Callaghan who was impossible to match up on around the ground. A good hard game with a few recent good players for the Diggers putting in shockers and a couple of others went missing. Poor kicking for goal did not help the Diggers and getting into the 50 zone so many times for no score was a waste. Horsham with a full team would have kicked another 10 goals easily. Thought Alistair & Nathan Byrne did well & strange to not see him in the top six. Lawson & especially Mines no way in the best for the Diggers. Who picks these each week??
Dimboolas huge win was a surprise but they are a big side so their bulk had the Burra's struggling to match up. They will improve over the next few weeks and may snatch a few upset wins. Lehmann, Fraser Elliot and Sexton are all dangers. Nhill came back after their shock loss last week, to thump the Eagles who put in a poor effort and were caught napping
Cant see Saints or Burras making the finals and Fourth and Fifth spot are still up for grabs between 4 sides so the second half of the season will be interesting.
 
Laharum are travelling along nicely in the HDFL and should win the GF easily to make up for some dismal GF performances over the last two years. At least three of those players should be in Wimmera League, Pat Purcell, Robbie Miller, Tom Easson and Dylan Carroll (who I am sure was playing WFL last year with Diggers so a move backwards if that is the case) All good enough but unproven at the top level. Would be interesting to see Laharum play Demons/Nhill/Ararat/Diggers to see how good they are as they are doing it easy with over 1000% on top of the ladder and against some fairly slack opposition
 
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